The nominations are in, and the results are clear: You love your barbecue.

Readers nominated 26 restaurants for our search for the Best Ribs in Birmingham. Now, we have the task (terrible, we know) of whittling those nominees down to a top 10 for our judges.

In the meantime, we want to know what you think of our nominees. Go to here (that's blog.al.com/bn/bbq) between now and Aug. 8 and place your vote. On Aug. 15, we'll announce a readers' choice winner along with the top 10 and winner picked by our panel.

 Speaking of the judging panel, the top 10 will be judged by a mix of BBQ experts, area chefs and celebrities. If you're interested in being our reader judge on that panel, e-mail bbq@bhamnews.com and let us know why we should pick you.